Diagram sheet and method of orienting diagram sheets



Sept. 1.1925;-

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A. NOSCHESE DIAGRAM SHEET AND METHOD OF ORIENTING DIAGRAM SHEETS Filed Auz. sl 1920 s Sheets-Sheet msu 25o EEEE nvemtoz 83 flame/13 Patented Sept. 1, 1925.

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' r Applicationfiled-#255151:5,}320. i SerialK 401 427.

,T 0 all whom it mqty wmern:

. Be it known that I, ALBnn'rcNoso Esn, acitizcn of the United States, and amesident ,o'f .Connellsyille, in ,the county of Fayette,

6 State of "Pennsylvania, have. l invented new Land. useful Improvements in Diagram Sheets and Methods of ,Orienting Diagram. Sheets,

;of whiclrthe following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a diagram 10 sheet, and metl10d of orienting. suchisheets.

The general object ofthepresent invention .isthe provision-of a diagranysheet by ireferenceto which a Jfreight car orthe like may be 1 loaded, and on which the distribution A of goods within the car can be readily indicated with certainty vand definiteness.

' An equally important object of thein- .v cntion is to eliminate ambiguity in a loadingdiagrain-for a freightcar or the like, caused by symmetryof the loading space.

"Anotherobject of-the. inventionisthe provision of an improved,loading sheet for a freight car or the like which is adapted to have ,the distribution .of -loaded goods marked ther-eon. and which may be disassocia-ted from :the loadingrspace without inlacing anyambiguity into the indicated r'lisiibution. i

' i further objectiof :the invention is the pro ision of a [method of orienting a loading sheet having a symmetrical representation ;,of the loadingspace of afreightcar, where- ,by a nbigluity due to the symmetry of the loadingspace is removed.

A more specific object oftheinventionis the provision of a, n ethod of orienting a loading sheet for a freight car or theilike, which method permits the loading sheet to be disassociated from the load without introducing ambiguity into the diagram of the load.

Other and further objects of the present invention will in part be obvious and will in part be pointed out hereinafter by reference to the accompanying drawings wherein like parts are represented by like characters throughout the several figures thereof.

Realizing the present invention may be carried out and practiced by devices and methods other than those specifically herein disclosed, it is desired that the present disclosure shall be considered as illustrative and not in the limiting sense.

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a. partly .zloaded bQXTcar. with ,aportion of, thear-side broken awayrto indicate the; goods in the ,car I Figure Q'ilhistrates a diagranrsheet in ;,accori lai 1ce,with :the presentinvention replresenting an,,elevation;or. side View of a fre ght car as, the basis of the diagram;

Figureifi is a view {of a diagram sheet iisjing h plan; of a airtig View as i th basis ofthe diagram and illustrating the sections as i'beingiboth longitudinal and transverse of the car. i r a t lleretofore in ,tlie arttit has been customary .to load vehicles for transportation or stdrageiof goods such asfreight cars ships, r etc.lwitho itlparticular reference to the location of the goods in the' loading room or chamber is other ,than the convenience of arthe goods to facilitate the personal .desires of the ,workmen during the loading. td ilhere the freight room (of a :car orship ,lras been loa ded with goods comprising 7, mi.x ed shipments thebestpractice has, been to group ,the goods @for a single consignee or ,for a, singleldesignation, inorder to facilitate transfer of the goods at the terminal or transport points. Thegroupingof trans- ;;p oi:t-ab le' material ior ,matter is -carried to a considerable degree in the .,U. S. railway e .mail ,cars. It frequently happens that .ni mi aetnrer making a st n a line of goods adapted tol-bepackaged in packages of aid 'te'fstandard size lship ffmixed-shipnients ml eigein. the r; goods are packed more or less heterogeneously in a bo xcar or the l ,,a1id,' arcpnsigne h t1 -i h pment? at 'Wa station must search through C the j .untiljthemarticul ar goods, are found. L $11 'lsan' e. condi on occurs whe fm shipments are'sent'to a designated terminal or point for re-distribution from that point, and where it is desired to get at certain groups or characters of goods before other groups or characters of goods. In finding a particular shipment in a carload of goods itis necessary to move other goods in the car' and the result of that is further mixing the like. The loading space being symmetrical and ambiguity would be introduced on disassociating the diagram from the car to which it referred, unless the diagram were oriented. Freight cars are provided with a brake wheel on only one end of the car, and in accordance with the present invention the diagram is oriented by marking one end of the diagram to correspond with the end of the car having a brake wheel or other dis tinctive structura feature. This marking may be by suitable printing placed upon the sheet at the time the representation of the loading space of the freight car or the like is printed.

The representation of the car is divided into sections and when the car is loaded the goods are grouped, e. g. as to character of the goods, consignees, destination, etc., and are loaded with reference to the diagram. As the goods are loaded the arrangement of the goods is recorded on one or more loading diagrams by suitable notations made on the various sections of the diagrams. One such diagram of the loading of the car may be mailed or otherwise sent to each consignee or other person who will desire to know the location of goods therein.

Figure 1 illustrates a portion of the car with the side broken away and showing goods in group 1 being addressed for a common consignee, and the goods in group 2 addressed to a different consignee. These goods are all grouped in one portion of the car .or the like and each portion may be designated on the diagram as hereinafter specified.

Referring to Figure 2, the diagram represents a pictorial elevation of a box car 5 provided with the usual trucks 6 and the brake wheel 7. The car is divided into arbitrary sections 8 and a portion of the diagram sheet 9 is provided to indicate the particular sections in which the goods are to be loaded. It will be noted that the sections 8 are represented by designating numerals 10, which numerals begin at the opposite end from the brake wheel 7. It therefore follows that when the instructions 11 on the diagram are considered the consignee is fully informed as to the method of reading the diagram. Preferably a portion of the diagram, as at 12, is provided with spaces for designating the car, seals, date of shipment, etc. Another portion of the diagram 13 is provided to indicate the total weight.

Figure 3 is a diagram which is exactly similar to the diagram shown in Figure 2, with the exception that the representation of the car in Figure 8 is a plan view and the car is arbitrarily divided longitudinally into two groups of sections, thereby making an additional group 14 which may be designated by suitable designating characters such as lettering the numbered sections. The particular arrangement of the sections is unimportant so long as it shall be predetermined so that the goods when loaded may be indicated on the diagram in accordance with the sections into which the car or ship is arbitrarily divided.

From the foregoing it will be clear that by means of the diagram sheet, goods in a storehouse or freight vehicle may be immediately located by one other than the loader, thereby greatly facilitating the removal of the goods when desired.

The diagram being oriented by having the end marked which corresponds to the brake wheel or the like there is no ambiguity even though it may have been disassociated from the car.

I claim:

1. A freight car loading card comprising a sheet of material, an outline printed on said sheet to represent the loading space of a freight car, lines printed on said card to subdivide the loading space into sections, and printing on said card to designate one end of the loading space as the brake wheel end of the car.

2. The method of orienting a loading card having a symmetrical representation of the loading space of a freight car which comprises marking one end of the representation to correspond with the brake wheel end of the car.

ALBERT NOSOHESE. 

